An interesting conversation took place today. The discussion centered around copyright, inventions and patents. The reality of the world around us has nearly completely detached itself from the ideas and laws around the ideas of property and intellectual rights.

We spoke about developing software and if that software is then copyrighted, would that also hinder the type of code or chunks of code that were used in the various functions of the application. It quickly became apparent that it would be very hard to enforce a copyright on the individual pieces of code that make up an application.
It then became a …read more

As part of Success Secrets, we talk with entrepreneurs and other professionals about building a business.
This week, I’m talking with Michael Messinger, Esq director of the electronics group at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein and Fox.
Mike shares why every business needs to know their rights when it comes to intellectual property.
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